Locking Frames

[ElementalPenguin]

I own a 1080p 60 hertz monitor and i want to know if i lock my frame rate to 60 frames per second will it help the gpu and is it ok to have your gpu run more than 60 frames  all the time?

[vanished]

There will be less load on it since it will only have to render 60 frames per second and not as many as it can, which could be 80, or 120 or 3000 depending on the situation.  As a general rule though, if you are going to limit the frame rate, do it with something like vsync rather than an in-game frame limiter, as those can often cause stutter and the feeling of a framerate that is much lower than it is.

[Megazero]

6 minutes ago, JoeGester45 said:

I own a 1080p 60 hertz monitor and i want to know if i lock my frame rate to 60 frames per second will it help the gpu and is it ok to have your gpu run more than 60 frames  all the time?

Sure, if you locked 60fps the GPU wont run at full speed all the time since it dont need the extra power, so potentially it could improve the lifetime of the card.

[Skiiwee29]

7 minutes ago, JoeGester45 said:

I own a 1080p 60 hertz monitor and i want to know if i lock my frame rate to 60 frames per second will it help the gpu and is it ok to have your gpu run more than 60 frames  all the time?

it will help the GPU as it wont be required to pump out the frames so it will not have to work as hard. It is 100% find to leave it unlocked and let the GPU run wild.

[Arc_Jester]

If your GPU is pushing above 60fps then locking it to 60 will reduce the unnecessary load on the gpu and in turn reduce power consumption and heat and no, it won't damage anything if it's running at full load.

[SageOfSpice]

With a 60 hz monitor, you're only ever being shown 60 frames at a time, so any framerate higher than that doesn't really matter. Vsync will limit FPS to your monitors refresh rate (60hz). If you don't want to use Vsync, then frame limiters help keep the FPS under control.

 

There's no real problem with not having your FPS limited, it's just if your FPS is over your 60 fps already, then all those additional frames being rendered are excess work for the GPU that doesn't benefit you and just generates more heat.